hold
Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]
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Kind, friendly, pleasant, favourable, gracious [of a prince to his subject], faithful, loyal, devoted, liege [of a subject to his prince] Drihten gedyde ðæt ðæs cwearternes ealdor him wærþ swíðe hold dominus dedit ei gratiam in conspectu principis carceris
and-wirdan
to answer ⬩ respondere
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to answer; respondere Ðæt wíf andwirde the woman answered. Gen. 3, 2
a-wierdan
to corrupt ⬩ corrumpere
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to corrupt; corrumpere He awiert ðæt mód corrumpit animum, Past. 53, 5
ge-háwian
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Mon ǽr geháwige ðæt se grund fæsð sié, Past. 308, 3. Add
ge-lýcost
a twin ⬩ gemellus
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a twin; gemellus Didymus, ðæt is gelýcost. Jn. 20, 24 : 21, 2
þri-hyrne
Three-cornered ⬩ triangular
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Three-cornered, triangular Ðæt sǽd byþ þreo-hyrne, Lchdm. i. 316, 10
un-gehealdsumlíce
Incontinently
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Incontinently Ðæt eald wíf sceole ceorles brúcan uugehealtsumlíce, Homl. Ass. 20, 159
Linked entry: ge-healdsumlíce
un-týdrende
Not propagating
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Not propagating Swínes blǽdran untýdrendes, ðæt is gylte, Lchdm. ii. 88, 23
un-getǽslíce
Inconveniently ⬩ incommodiously
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Inconveniently, incommodiously Ðonne ðæt scyp ungetǽslícost on ancre rít, Shrn. 179, 17
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wíc-sceáwere
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A harbinger Ðæs Cristes wícsceáwere ( John the Baptist ), Blickl. Homl. 163, 12
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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And séce man hundred-gemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs; and hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burh-gemót; and túwa scír-gemót; and ðǽr beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as
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ge-tácnian
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Mid ðǽm ðe hé fleáh ðá birnendan Sodoman, hé getácnode ðæt wé sculon fleón ðone unliéfedan bryne úres líchoman quod bene Loth in semetipso exprimit, qui ardentem Sodomam fugit. . .
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Wrong, evil, bad, unjust, unlawful, depraved, perverse Ic eom geþafa ðæt hit náuht unriht wǽre ðæt mon ða yfelwillendan men héte nétenu fateor nec injuries dici video vitiosos in belluas mutari, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 196, 17.
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un-gebrosnod
Uncorrupted ⬩ undecayed
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Ðá wæs heó swá ungebrosnad geméted swá heó ðý ilcan dæge wǽre forðféred, Shrn. 94, 36. His handa siondan ungebrosnode in ðære cynelícan ceastre, 114, 1: Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 568, 24
be-weaxan
to overgrow
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Wæs se mere eall mid wudu beweaxen stagnum erat circumdatum habun*-*danti silva, Nar. 12, 8. to overgrow, cover with a growth Sumne dǽl þæs meóses þe seó ród mid beweaxen wæs, Hml. S. 26, 37
hæsel
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Of ðǽre apoldre on ðæne hwítan hæsl, ðonnæ of ðám hwítan hæsle on hnuttwíc eástewearde, C. D. v. 221, 18. Add
ge-beórscipe
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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe ðæne deófollican unðeáw hæfð, ꝥ hé wile on his gebeórscipe þurh his hálsunge and ðurh his neádunge gedón, ꝥ óðre men nimað máre ðonne hit gemet sý, 145, 22. Dydon hí þá mǽstan gebeórscype, Hml. S. 30, 387.
freóls
freedom ⬩ grant of land that enjoys immunity ⬩ libertas
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Of ðǽre stówe wearð árǽred þises dæges freóls, Hml. Th. i. 502, 7. On mǽrum dæge eówres freólses ( sollemnitatis), Ps. L. 80, 4. Ealle dagas freólses Godes omnes dies festos Dei, 74, 9.
mid-wist
The being with others ⬩ presence ⬩ society
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Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí ðǽr útlendisc man inlendiscan derie geládie ðære midwiste let every one that is cognisant or co-operating, where a stranger injures a native, clear himself of the participation, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 29.
wídgilness
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Vastness, spaciousness, vast expanse Hí him menigfeald þing sǽdon be ðære wídgilnysse ðæs wéstenes. Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 20, 16. Seó eorðe stód mid manegum wudum on hire wídgilnysse. Hexam. 6; Norm. 12, 5.
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